Evaluation of the Coalition Index: A Guide to School Health Education Materials.
This evaluation examined the diffusion of an innovation entitled the Coalition Index: A Guide to School Health Education Materials. After distributing the Index to a sample of school district health coordinators (n = 39), interviews were completed with 92% of coordinators about their perceptions of the Index and their concern for organizing health resources within their professional role. A one-year follow-up interview was conducted to determine levels of implementation and diffusion. Coordinators responded favorably to the Index as an innovation. Concern scores were limited to those relating to self-management and task-management. Moreover, concern scores demonstrated significant, positive associations (p less than .01) with current use of the Index, and 49% of coordinators were users of the innovation one year after introduction. Results are discussed as they relate to diffusion of innovation stages.
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Dept. of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 27412.
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McCann
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D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D001290:Attitude; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D012572:School Health Services; D013664:Teaching Materials